Frank wolf



P WOLF OLOAK HANGER.

(No Model.)

' No. 422.871. Patented M21124, 189(1).

wlmsssksi I UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK WOLF, OF NEWV YORK, N. Y.

CLOAK-HANGER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 422,871, dated March 4, 1890.

Application filed September 2'7, 1889. erial No. 325,260. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK \VOLF, of the city, county, and State of New York, a citizen of the United States, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cloak-Hangers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in that class of devices that are used for supporting and hanging cloaks and other garments; and the object of my invention is to provide a cloak-hanger of this kind which is so constructed that the hanger and the cloak suspended from the same can be lifted from the support without req'uiring any handling of the cloakthat is, Without requiring the attendant to seize the cloak itself and thereby mar the appearance of the same, as is very often the case.

A further object of my invention is to facilitate shifting the cloak-hangers and cloaks on the same on the supportinga-ail.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side view of my improved cloak-hanger, the supporting-rail being in section. Fig. 2 is an enlarged side view of part of the same and cross-sectional view of the supporting-rail, parts being broken out. Fig. 3 is an end view of the same, the supporting-bar and the hanger being shown in section.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The segmental bar A, on which the cloak is hung, has a segmental shape. From the center of the bar A the rod or wire B projects upward, and is then bent laterally and upward to form the loop-shaped handle 0, and above said handle it is bent at right angles to form a pivot D for a double conical roller E, that can travel in the V-shaped groove in the top of the rail F, the sides of which are inclined toward each other. The inner part of the handle-loop C is inclined in such a manner that it rests snugly against the outer side of the rail. That part of the wire projecting upward from the bar will then be vertically below the center of the roller E and the center of the rail F. The wire B is screwed or fastened in any suitable manner on the supporting-bar A. In case a cloak or other garment is to be lifted off or placed upon the rail E, the handle-loop O is seized and the entire garment and hanger lifted off or upon the rail, thus avoiding the necessity of seizing the garment, which is frequently marred or even damaged by frequent handling. The garment can very easily be shifted on the rail, as the roller E can readily travel in the groove in the top of the rail.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. In a cloak-hanger, the combination, with a supporting-bar, of a wire or rod projecting upward from the same and provided with a handle, and a roller mounted on the upper pivoted end of said wire or rod, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination, with a rail having its sides inclined toward each other, of a roller mounted to run on said rail, a Wire provided with a handle and having its upper end bent to form a pivot for said roller, the inner part of said handle being parallel with the inclined side of the rail, and a cloak-supporting bar secured on the lower end of said wire or rod,

substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my name in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

FRANK WOLF.

Witnesses:

OSCAR F. GUNZ, W. REIMHERR. 

